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DECANTER: "Perfumed nose, smells rich and inviting. Juicy, supple and clean - this has bite and tang as well as clear depth and concentration. Excellent profile, it has weight but a lovely sleek texture, ripe fruit but cool freshness. It's serious no doubt, with concentration but really delivers a full, bright, juicy, intense and appealing glass of wine with nuance and detail. Great acidity, lovely tang, mineral salty stone notes and long length. Still tense, needs to soften, but this is excellent. Harvest 12-28 September. Yield of 38hl/ha."
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JAMES SUCKLING: "This is so perfumed and elegant with blue fruit, violets, iodine and sea salt. Lively juiciness here tightened with fine-grained, steady tannins. Umami and crushed stones. Medium body. Delicious."
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FALSTAFF: "Tiefdunkles Rubingranat, opaker Kern, violette Reflexe, zarte Randaufhellung. Attraktive dunkle Beerenfrucht, frische Kirschen, floral unterlegtes Bukett, zarte Gewürznuancen. Straff, komplex, frisch, integrierte, tragende Tannine, mineralisch, Kirschen und Nugat im Abgang, zeigt Potenzial, ein facettenreicher Speisenbegleiter."
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LISA PERROTTI-BROWN: „A blend of 60% Merlot, 35% Cabernet Sauvignon, and 5% Petit Verdot, the 2022 Branas Grand Poujeaux is deep garnet-purple in color. It comes skipping out of the glass with bright, exuberant scents of kirsch, blackberry preserves, and underbrush, plus wafts of violets and Ceylon tea. The full-bodied palate is completely coated with rich black fruit and red berry sparks, framed by ripe grainy tannins and bold freshness, finishing long with a mineral lift. This is impressive!"
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WEINWISSER: "Feingliedriges rotbeeriges Bouquet, heller Tabak und Preiselbeermus. Am kompakten Gaumen mit weicher Textur, feinsprödem Extrakt, nerviger Rasse und mittlerem Körper. Im gebündelten feinaromatischen Finale Schattenmorelle, Wacholder und heller Tabak. 2028 – 2044."
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THE WINE CELLAR INSIDER: "Supple, creamy-textured wine with a core of espresso, dark berry and cocoa nuances, the wine is medium-bodied, round in texture, with a cocoa and espresso edge to the fruits, finishing with refreshing herbs on the backend. Drink from 2025-2037."
